4 papers
Deciphering the global production network from cross-border firm transactions
Neave O'Clery, Ben Radcliffe-Brown, Thomas Spencer +1
Critical for policy-making and business operations, the study of global supply chains has been severely hampered by a lack of detailed data. Here we harness international firm-leve…
Spatial accessibility to food banks hinders food parcel uptake in England and Wales, particularly in rural areas
Laura Sheppard, Carmen Cabrera, Daphne Badounas +7
Food bank use in the UK has soared in recent years. The combination of a global pandemic, over-stretched and underfunded public services, and a cost-of-living crisis has meant that…
A causal evaluation of Bogota's cable car illustrates the transformative potential of mobile phone data for policy analysis
Elena Lutz, Sam Heroy, David Kaufmann +1
Transport infrastructure is vital to the functioning of cities. However, assessing the impact of transport policies on urban mobility and behaviour is often costly and time-consumi…
Industrial complexity and the evolution of formal employment in developing cities
Neave O'Clery, Juan Chaparro, Andres Gomez-Lievano +1
What drives formal employment creation in developing cities? We find that larger cities, home to an abundant set of complex industries, employ a larger share of their working age p…